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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 56 avhandlingar innehållade orden vetenskap och miljö.
1. From Vision to Transition : Exploring the Potential for Public Information Services to Facilitate Sustainable Urban Transport
Sammanfattning : Background: Policy initiatives to promote sustainable travel through the use of Internet based public information systems have increased during the last decade. Stockholm, in being one of the first cities in Europe to implement an Internet based service for facilitating sustainable travel is believed to be a good candidate for an analysis of key issues for developing sustainable travel planning services to the public. LÄS MER
2. Rooting for forest resilience : Implications of climate and land-use change on the tropical rainforests
Sammanfattning : Tropical rainforests in the Amazon and Congo River basins and their climate are mutually dependent. Evaporation from these forests help regulate the regional and global water cycle. Furthermore, these rainforests themselves depend on precipitation to sustain their structure and functions. LÄS MER
3. The wild male mink as a sentinel for endocrine-disrupting chemicals and reproductive toxicity
Sammanfattning : Increasing evidence indicates that pollutants may affect the hormone system of humans and wildlife. These endocrine-disrupting chemicals are related to an increased risk of a variety of diseases and disorders, including adverse effects on the reproductive system. LÄS MER
4. Planetary Timemaking : Paleoclimatology and the Temporalities of Environmental Knowledge, 1945-1990
Sammanfattning : This thesis concerns the history of paleoclimatology in the postwar period. It follows the trajectory of two climate proxy records – ice cores and deep-sea cores – in the North Atlantic region, from their emergence as scientific objects in the 1940s to their incorporation into Earth System Science in the 1980s. LÄS MER
5. Marknadisering : En idé och dess former inom sjukvård och järnväg, 1970-2000
Sammanfattning : Denna avhandling undersöker hur marknadisering introducerades som idé i offentliga verksamheter i Sverige från 1970-talets början till omkring år 2000. Marknadisering definieras här som processen att göra verksamheter som inte tidigare var marknadsorganiserade eller marknadsstyrda mer marknadsliknande, och att detta framförallt handlade om offentliga verksamheter. LÄS MER